Fastening device for tables.



No. 856,255. PATENTED JUNE 11, 1907- G. HEPP.

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APPLICATION FILED APR. 23,1906.

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CHARLES HEPP, OF SHELBYVILLE, INDIANA.

FASTENING DEVICE FOR TABLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 11, 1907.

Application filed April 23, 1906. Serial No. 313,278.

To all whom it may concern.-

Secured to the inner side of each half or Be it known that I, CHARLEs HEPP, a citisection of the pedestal adjacent to the meet- Zen of the United States, residing at Shelbyville, in the countyof Shelby and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Fastening Devices for 1 Tables and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in fastening devices for pedestal tables.

The object of the invention is to provide a .the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view through a table provided with myimproved fastener, showing the table closed and the fastening device in an inoperative position; Fig. 2 is a similar view, showing the fastening device released and the top open or separated; Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view, taken at right angles to Fig. 1 Fig. 4 is a detail view of the fastening device removed from the table; and Fig. 5 is a similar view of one ofthe catch plates or keepers forthe fastening device.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 denotes the table, which may be of the usual or any desired construction of pedestal table; 2 denotes the top of the table; 3 denotes the pedestal; 4 denotes the center leg and 5 denotes the pedestal legs or feet. Slidably mounted in the upper cross or supporting bar 6 of the center leg 4 and on each side of said leg are fastening rods 7, on the lower ends of which are formed or secured fastening devices 8, which are here shown and are preferably V-shaped or in the form of an ar row head The upper ends of the rods 7 have a screw threaded connection with heads 7 in which are formed transversely-disposed apertures, by means of which said heads are slidably engaged with a lifting bar 9 arranged above the supporting bar of the center leg, as shown.

ing edges of the same are catch plates or keepers 10, said catch plates or keepers having formed on their upper inner edges right angularly projecting lugs or flanges 12 Which when the pedestal is in closed position and the fastening device drawn upwardly are adapted to be engaged by the inner edges of the diverging arms 8 of the arrow head shaped fastenings 8, thereby securely holding the sections of the pedestal leg together in closed position. On the lower outer edges of the keeper plates 10 are formed right angularly projecting lugs or flanges 13 which serve to keep the fastening devices in place should one side of the table become closed before the other side.

Any suitable means may be employed for raising and lowering the fastening devices into and out of engagement with the lugs on the keeper plates, said means being here shown and is preferably in the form of a bellcrank lever 14 having a bifurcated outer end to engage the lifting bar 9 of the fastening devices. Connected to the other arm of the bell-crank lever is an operating rod 15, said rod being provided in its length with a turn buckle 16, by means of which said rod may be lengthened or shortened. The outer end of the rod 15 is pivotally connected with the inner end of a pivoted lever or handle 17, which when turned in one direction or the other will project or retract the rod 15, thereby rocking the bell crank lever and causing the bifurcated end of the same to raise and lower the fastening devices, as will be understood. The bell crank lever 14 and the handle lever 17 are provided with suitable bearing brackets 18 and 19 secured to the frame work of the table to pivotally connect said levers thereto.

By means of a fastening device such as herein shown and described, both the top and the pedestal of the table may be securely fastened and held in a closed position, said fastening means being quickly and readily released to permit the separation of the sections of the table for insertion of additional leaves or other purposes. By reason of the inclined or diverging inner edges of the upper points of the arrow head fastenings 8, said heads will when the same are brought into engagement with the lugs 12 of the keeper plates 10 draw the sections of the pedestal and table together into closed engagement;

therefore, the fastening device when operated by the handle lever serves the double function of drawing the parts of the table together and holding the same in tight engagement. By providing an adjustable connection between the heads 7 of the fastening devices and the lifting rod 9, the device may be applied to various forms and sizes of table, as will-be understood.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understoodwithout requir ing a more extended explanation.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1,. A fastening device for pedestal extension tables having hollow pedestal sections adapted to be brought together in the closed position of the table to form a complete pedestal comprising a V-shaped fastening head, a supporting rod connected to said head and adapted to be slidably mounted in the framework of the table, keeper plates secured adjacent to the opposite meeting edges on the inner side of the table pedestal in position to contact with the arms of the V-shaped head at the closed position of the pedestal, a lifting bar adjustably connected with said supporting rod and means for actuating said lifting ball to cause said V-shaped fastening head to engage said keepers and to release it therefrom.

2. A fastening device for pedestal extension tables having hollow pedestal sections adapted to be brought together at the closed position of the table to form a coniplete pedestal comprising a pair of fastening heads having upwardly-inclined and diverging arms, supporting rods connected at their lower ends to said fastening heads and adapted to be slidably mounted in the framework of a table, apertured heads adapted to be secured onto the upper ends of said rods, a lifting bar connecting the heads on said rods, keeper plates adapted to be secured adjacent the meeting edges of the sections of the ped estal of a table at opposite points on the inner walls of the said sections, and means adapted to be engaged. with said lifting bar to raise and lower said fastening heads into and out of engagement with said keeper plates, whereby the sections of said pedestal will be drawn into and held in close engagement.

3. A fastening device for pedestal tables having hollow pedestal sections adapted to be brought together at the closed position of the table to form a complete pedestal comprising a pair of fastening heads having upwardly-inclined diverging engaging edges, supporting rods connected at their lower ends to said fastening heads and adapted to be slidably mounted in the framework of the table, apertured heads secured on the upper ends of said rods, a lifting bar connecting the heads on said rods, keeper plates adapted to be secured adjacent to the meeting edges of the sections of the pedestal at opposite points on the inner walls thereof, said keeper plates having formed on their inner edges at their upper ends laterally-projecting lugs adapted to be engaged by the upper diverging edges of said fastening heads, and retaining lugs formed on the outer edges of and at the lower ends of said plates to hold said heads in proper position when the table is being closed.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES HEPP. Witnesses:

WM. KLARE, Jr., CLYDE MILLER. 

